Forgive my cynicism, but these types of threads seem to always attract some scampuppet johnny-come-lately crying "woe is me, I got scammed too" hoping to cash in on a payday (if a payday ever happens.) So far you're not doing a great job convincing me otherwise.
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I am disappointed that you would think this, however, I guess that this is the world that we live in now.
People scam innocent people, then innocent people are doubted that they have actually been scammed.
Bro, this forum turns people who started out naive and innocent as a newborn child into hardened, jaded, and completely cynical ragemonsters within months at most, assuming they're fairly active. I'm not sure it's a reflection of our world so much as a function of bitcointalk and/or the crypto space in general.
It's as if we were all to line up side-to-side and after doing so, either the person on your left or your right is a scammer--if not on both sides. And that being the case, newcomers to the forum are treated pretty harshly, rightly or wrongly. Don't take it personally. This is why reputation is so important on the forum.